UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY
& POLITICS
CULTURE SOCIETY, AND POLITICS AS
PART OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
CULTURE
• It is defined as the customary beliefs, social forms,
and traits that defines a specific racial, religious or
social group
CULTURE SOCIETY, AND POLITICS AS
PART OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIETY
• Comes from the Latin word “socius” which means
comrade, companion or friend
• Pertains to a group of individuals involved in social
interaction or sharing the same geographical or
social territory
CULTURE SOCIETY, AND POLITICS AS
PART OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
POLITICS
• Comes from the Greek word “Politika” which
means affairs of the cities
• Refers to achieving and exercising positions of
governance over a human community.
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VALUES AND BELIEFS AS BEHAVIOR
MOTIVATORS
Values are a person’s standards of behaviour and are
considered as judgement of what is important in life.
It is also the criteria people use in assessing their
daily lives, arranging their priorities, and choosing
between alternative courses of action.
VALUES AND BELIEFS AS BEHAVIOR
MOTIVATORS
Beliefs is something one accepts as true or real. It
takes the form of firmly held opinion or conviction,
regardless of the lack of verifiable evidence. It may
be based on tradition, faith, experience, scientific
research or some combination of these.
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
ISTAMBAY
Istambay is a Visayan transliteration of the
English word “stand by” meaning to hang around.
The word has eventually come to refer to a certain
subculture of idle people, usually males, most
common in depressed communities, habitually
gathering and spending idle time together.
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
SITUATION:
Gary graduated a year ago. Despite being blessed
with several job offers, he chose to remain jobless
and hang around with his barkada. Together they
love to go around in the town plaza especially at
night.
Behavior and Phenomena:
ISTAMBAY
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
Food taboos
Food taboo is abstaining people from food
and/or beverage consuming due to religious and
cultural reasons. It can be permanent or temporal.
Permanent food taboos are avoiding food and/or
drinks throughout their life, while some foods are
avoided for certain periods of time.
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
SITUATION:
Members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church are
strongly prohibited from eating pork and food with
blood, as well as from smoking and drinking alcoholic
beverages.
Behavior and Phenomena:
Food taboos
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
Political dynasty
Political dynasties are typically characterized as
families that have established their political or economic
dominance in a province and have coordinated efforts to
move on to involvement in national government or other
positions of national political that treats people
prominence. Members of such dynasties usually do not
limit their involvement to strictly political activities, and
have been found participating in business or culture-
related activities."
SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CUNTURAL CHANGE
SCENARIO:
Kapitan Santiago Imperial is the incumbent mayor of
the Vertigo City. His son, Wacky is currently running
for the congressional seat of the district, a position
occupied by his mother Congresswoman Amanda
Imperial for about three consecutive terms.
Phenomenon:
Political dynasty
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
Padrino system
Padrino system, or patronage in Filipino
culture and politics, is the value system where one
gains favor, promotion, or political appointment
through family affiliation (nepotism) or friendship
(cronyism), as opposed to one's merit.
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
SITUATION:
If grades were to be the basis of Rusty’s standing in
his economic class, he would surely fail the course.
However, he was given a passing grade by his
economic teacher; who happened to be a childhood
friend of his mother.
Behavior and Phenomena:
Padrino system
SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CUNTURAL CHANGE
SCENARIO:
Taking “selfies” is Alyssa’s preoccupation. It became a
habit when her parents gave her a phone on her
birthday.
Phenomenon:
selfieing
SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CUNTURAL CHANGE
SCENARIO:
Parker, a college student, is living alone in Provident
Village. Both of her parents are OFWs working in
Canada. She visits them every summer break.
Phenomenon:
Transnational families
SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CUNTURAL CHANGE
SCENARIO:
As a youth volunteer, Braylee finds the rainy season a
busy season due to the frequency of typhoon-related
disasters. Sometimes, she even spends her own
money to buy relief goods for typhoon victims.
Phenomenon:
Youth volunteerism
SOCIAL DYNAMICS: SOCIAL,
POLITICAL AND CUNTURAL CHANGE
SCENARIO:
Louis Kingsley almost missed the chance to finish
high school because he had been absent most of the
time playing Mobile Legends (ML).
Phenomenon:
Video Gaming
SOCIAL REALITIES: BEHAVIOR AND
PHENOMENON
SITUATION:
Darius is openly gay. He lives with his partner Garner.
He and Garner are both college professors in the
local city college.
Behavior and Phenomena:
Same sex partnership